Type of Riding: Pleasure & eventually I'd like to try competitive trail. Maybe even do some open shows.

My Horse's Achievements: What's not to be proud of??? But really, she is the sweetest & most level-headed horse I have ever owned. She's a fast learner & really retains what she's learned. I'm very proud to be able to call myself Her Person :)

My Horse's Favorite Things To Do: Eat apple treats & get her belly rubbed. Oh yes, let's not forget - she likes to put her front legs in the water trough on hot TX days & pull all kinds of things out of the brush caddy & toss them around when I'm not looking! LOL

Pet Peeves: Not getting ALL of the attention - she will even place herself between myself & another horse & chase the others away. And then there's: "What do you mean you ran out of treats?!?"

My Horse's motto: Live each day as if it's your last, be thankful for the blessings you've been given & always end on a good note:)

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My husband & I were introduced to a gentleman that worked for Medeival Times & owned her at the time. He told me he had the perfect horse for me & he was absolutely right!!! At first though I wasn't sure because he told me he was using natural horsemanship methods with her, which was great, but then he went on to show us what he's done with her & he could send her away but she wouldn't come back to him!!! He had a tough time catching her. I thought to myself, "Oh fun, another horse you have to coax with a bucket of grain to catch." But it didn't take long & soon she was beating me to the gate! I've never had a horse that wanted to be with me so much that it would notice me pull up, whinny at me, & meet me at the gate or even leave it's feed to come see me! It is a wonderful feeling that I don't know how to describe. She truly is one of a kind - my ace in the hole!.

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It seems all I do is study! I am sorry I get to HC sporadically, at best! Anyway, I would much rather visit HC and all my horsey friends than stay up night after night reading about nursing by-laws. Anyway, here is today's vote!

I know that minis and ponies are supposed to be more susceptible to colic and founder but with a good diet and restriction from overeating I think that they're as healthy, if not healthier than their larger counterparts. Pippin hasn't been sick a day in his life. (Fingers crossed here. I don't want to jinx myself!)

The cost is minimal. He eats just over one bale of hay per year. When there is grass I graze him for about 2 hours per day. Definitely not more than 3. And he's tethered since with minis you don't have to worry about them getting into trouble with their strength and weight. He has about an acre of dry pasture in which to run. And run he sure does. He loves to go all out.

And they certainly don't need grains or other food supplements. The only other thing I give him is a selenium supplement because it is lacking in our area. And he eats alfalfa pellets. Minis can't digest the large stalks that can be found in alfalfa hay. So, he eats grass hay and alfalfa pellets.

And he gets lots of exercise. That is always key too. I think many minis are pasture ornaments which is why they can be prone to health issues.

How is your husband doing? I hope he is healing well and fast. Here's a vote for you. Have fun with Cinder.

thanx! mente was a great horse! i'm sorry i haven't posted back; i don't check his page as often as peanuts. peanut has just returned from the brink of death:peanuts all good! apparently she had broken her knee when she was younger, but it was never fixed! so now, a bone chip from that was stuck in her leg; thats why she was limping and wouldn't pick up that leg. her vet had misdiagnosed her sayin her hoof was the problem. thank you sooooooooo much 4 thinkin about her! she will probably be back home by sunday. o, an it was funny: yesterday i thought it was my last day with peanut. when i came up 2 her stall, she had been rubbing her butt against the stall door, and her tail was stuck in the hinge. when she tried 2 turn around, her tail wouldn't come out, so she grabbed it with her teeth and pulled all of it out of her tail! now i have a huge bunch of her tail hair. i'm havin it made in2 a bracelet. sorry that was a kinda c/p but i had a lot 2 type:) how r u? how was Christmas and New Years? have u been ridin? sorry 4 all the questions:) voted=]

vote 103c/p! i am so sorry about this! i absolutely hate c/p's but i have to do one so sorry about this! ok so sorry i wasn't on yesterday! yesterday i had my first day of semester testing and it ahs been making me really busy! today i have my last day of semester testing! after this i should be on every single day. so please keep voting for buddy! he needs all the help he can get. buddy is doing fine! at the moment he is in the barn but i am going to put him and rocky out before i go to school so they get some time out! yesterday was good! we actually got in the 40's! nicest thing ever! but it will not be like that for much longer as we are supposed to be getting a really big snow storm! well again i am super sorry about this c/p! hugs and kisses cathy and buddy

I am so sorry to hear about your husbands ankle! how is he doing? next time you see cinder give her something from me and the boys! we left you a vote

Gotta take my Mom to Doc this morning! Here's a Thursday vote for ya, hope you have a fine day! A lot has happened. Hope the anke is healing or allready healed even better! My mom broke her wrist and I am taking her the Doc this morning. I hope she gets a good report. but she won't be still so I don't know:(

We are leaving you a vote ;) I had a BIG science test today :( I only missed one question!! XD I got riding lesson tomorrow!! yes!! finally!! Im praying Marie will'nt cancell it again. Oh, I am going to see the movie Avatar friday. cant wait..I have not been to the movie theater in forever. Lady is doing great!! For a horse who really never see the farrier, she gots some pretty nice hooves. LOL!!

Please vote Northern Romance for your next horse of the day!!!... I'm so pround of him cause he hasn't gotten hurt in 1 month (knock on wood). He really has endured alot for one we fescued him from slaughter and cured his booboos. I think north really deserves it!!! So please vote for us and we will return your vote if you leave a comment saying that you left a vote! Thanks again, from your friends Sammy & Northern Romance

Thanks so much to everyone who read ''Why does Lady deserve HOTM'' I know, it was long so thank you!! Also..thanks for all the words of wisdom. I have a riding lesson tomorrow, but dont know if I'm going...will see if I get my truck out of the snow. We are leaving you a vote.

rest of the blogI had planned a quick walk, perhaps 15 minutes, just to blow some steam off them, but it turned into more and we all really enjoyed it.

How's everything there? Did you get more snow? I hope you have a wonderful and happy new year and I'm so sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he feels better soon. Thank you for the condolences for Minnie. We really miss her. Here's a vote for you. ttyl

P.S. Please remind me to tell you about minis and to answer your questions. I'm planning to write to you properly about this but it's late and I have to get up at 5am.

How are you doing? It finally snowed here and we have about 6 inches. It's the perfect amount, just enough to be really pretty, especially at night with the Christmas lights glittering off every facet and the almost full moon illuminating everything else. But not too much so that we're snowed in or have to shovel much. It's cold enough that the roads are still covered in snow but it's drivable if one doesn't speed.

Yesterday evening I decided to take both Pippin and Melian on a walk. Melian was loose and I had Pippin on his lead. He was pretty good in the forest and we were going at a nice amble as he dragged his nose through the snow and grabbed mouthfuls every now and then. I saw quite a few hare footprints though I haven't seen a hare in quite some time. I know Melian would love to chase one or two.

Then we came out on the road and I wanted to run a bit so that he could let off some steam. He was raring to go and the feel of the snow under his feet put a bounce into his step and he pranced along trotting and then went into a really nice canter.

Suddenly he stopped at the sight of a child! He lifted his head and flared his nostrils and had that stallion stare stance down pat. The child's grandmother came out and called her in. I suppose she thought that Pippin was going to eat her or something. Or perhaps she was worried at the sight of me, all bundled up and looking like a tramp or worse.

Anyway, that threat gone Pippin relaxed and suddenly in the middle of the road he lay down and rolled for awhile in the shallow snow. I'm glad no cars were coming because they would have had to wait while he played out his fun. We walked some more and then we turned around and ran back down the road.

Melian was having the time of her life in her first snow. I decided that it couldn't hurt to let them run together so when we got back to the forest I let Pippin loose and he and Melian took turns chasing each other. And sometimes Pippin would run after me. I saw a really nice fallen tree, about 2 feet high and I ran towards it and jumped over hoping that Pippin would follow. He did and he jumped over it so effortlessly. Remember, he's only 6 inches taller than that. They ran some more and Melian kept bringing him back to me. Except when he turned around and chased her. Then she'd hightail it out of his way.

He took the opportunity and ran over to the neighbour's horses. I figured he might decide to do that so I followed his footprints in the snow. It was misty by now and as I walked down the road towards him I could see his hazy shape prancing back and forth across the road from horse to horse. He was having the time of his life. By the time I got there he was busy chewing on a gelding's nose while the gelding chewed on his face. He didn't want to leave but he was easy to catch and we headed back through the forest, over a rickety wooden plank that spanned a ditch, and back home.

Im sorry to hear about your husband breaking his ankle! how is he doing? gosh i just am in love with cinders markings! haha sorry for changing the subject! how have you been? I haven't been doing anything with the boys! i did put them out today! they did run around a little! it was fun to watch and i got some of it on video! me and the boys left you a vote! cathy buddy and rocky

Fancy doesn't seem thrilled about treats, but my dog eats them,LOL. Today I offered Fancy some sweet candy and she wouldn't even open her mouth, just sniffed it. I left it in her bucket. I guess I won't worry for buying them. We leave you a 'Last 2009 Tuesday Vote'!

C\P Happy New Year!! voted: It's a snow storm here!! LOL!! The horses are loving it tho...Lady is doing great, she was running like a wild, young, crazy horse out in the snow. I just realized how much teeth she gots for her age. Im glad I've only had her teeth floated once. My mom told me a story about her friend that had a senior horse, and she floated her horse's teeth like three times a year...and than ran out of teeth to float, so they had to put him down at the age of 23yr. =[ I hope the power doesn't go out...its really snowing here...ttyl~mj and lady

My profile photo is an edit by Quinta, owner of Cheyanne and Mates Fancy Maggie. She surprised me with the edit because i voted for her Cheyanne. Make her a friend of yours, Please visit her and vote Cheyanne for Dec 29 HOTD. She is a very nice friend to have. Fancy and Frances here with a Sunday Vote for you.

I'm glad you liked Pippin's YouTube videos. Yes, he sure can run. I'm sorry that I haven't written for a couple of weeks. It's a very busy time of year and I've been running around like a headless chicken. I haven't ridden this week and I didn't get a chance last week either. But I have driven Pippin a few times and done a few more races with Melian. Of course, she always wins with ease now.

We lost another of our dogs last week so our Christmas will be a little sad as a first without either Tiny and now Minnie. Minnie was my sister's dog but we were close and I took care of her just as much. She went blind suddenly on the 13th and then went into liver failure. We all miss her so much.

But there is happy news too. My sister couldn't be without a dog so she already has a new puppy. He's a little Yorkshire Terrier with a touch of Maltese and she named him Kermit. He's so adorable and feisty and he and Melian were instant friends at first sight. She's literally 10 times his size but she plays with him and is ever so gentle. And Kermit wandered over to Pippin today so they've also met. Pippin doesn't seem to mind him. I think Melian thinks that Kermit is the best Christmas present ever.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with all of your family and friends close by you. Leaving you a special Christmas vote.

Merry Christmas everyone. I don't know if i will be able to get on HC tomorrow so i want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas today! Hope you all have a great one! Thanks so much for all the votes everyone's been giving Maybel. And Thanks Fancy Walk N That Way for Lavender's 777th vote and BJ's Rosebud for Maybel's 4500th vote. I would like her to reach her new goal of 5500 by the time we run for April HOTM! We left votes for you! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a new year filled with blessings.

C/P Well, last night I didnt get any sleep...so that made church today very hard! but it was a good serman!! I toke a good look at Lady's eye today. I dont see any cloudiness in her eye, and she wasnt turning her head at all,yahoo!!. Lady has been in a REALLY bad mood lately. IDK...maybe she doesnt like the snow?!?! Here's a Saturday vote for you<3

i totally understand about being busy! sounds like you have a cute trouble maker on your hands who likes to be difficult and wants things that aren't hers haha! how have you been? my boys are doing good! they were outside today! i now won't be going to england so i will be working instead and then i will have enough money to pay off rockys last payment and he will be completely mine! i am so happy i paid for him with only my money and didn't borrow any money from anyone else! anyways we left you a vote! are you looking forward to christmas? cathy buddy adn rocky

that will be so much fun having cinder in your back yard! my parents bought an acreage so i could have my horses at home! we used to board at a friends house who had stables and everything! i did take lessons from there too but not for long at all! i now show against the ladies son in a lot of my classes at some of my shows! how are you and cinder doing? we left a vote! cathy buddy and rocky

Heres a daily/Christmas vote from Quincy and the Herd. Have a great day and see you tomorrow!

***Update for Tomorrow*** I will probably have more pictures edited for all of my horses in a little, so please watch for them! Also, I am probably going to take some Christmas vids, and pics of Quincy tomorrow. So please watch for them to! Thanks!

i need to get some new winter gloves! i don't really have a pair honestly! thats too bad that you havent seen the girl in a bit! you will have to tell me how she is when you next see her! the weather here is a bit warmer and it fels like it is above zero but i could be wrong! here is a vote! cathy buddy and rocky

here is a vote! i would easily take the twenty degrees! yesterday it was -20 and today it was -7! so it is super cold here! how are you and cider doing? both of the horses are in at the moment! hopefully they will be able to go out soon but want to wait for the weather to be a tiny bit nicer as rocky barely has a winter coat! i am hoping to get him a winter blanket soon! cathy buddy and rocky

~Update~ Here's a Wednesday vote. Sorry, I have not been on lately...very busy!! So Tuesday, I had my riding lesson. I rode Echo and we didnt really do much because there was alot of new beginner students. We did the basics and played musical stalls and practiced the key hole(my time was 12.25 seconds). And the one of the new girls fell off, but she wasnt hurt, it was her first time cantering a horse. I had fun tho. Lady is doing good, she has been sleeping laying down alot and I hope to gets so pics of her doing that. She so cute!! I have not rode her in a while caz of bad weather =[ I wish I had an indoor arena... Oh, all most forgot to tell you guys... Have you ever heard of mini pigs?? My family is going to start raising\breeding mini pigs in the spring (and chickens too)!! Well, I hope you guys are doing good. I got to go get ready for ANOTHER suprise B-day party for my BFF Gracie, she's turning 13yr. Friday. So yeah, wish me luck that this goes out well. TTYL`Mia @ Lady`

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